Olivier Asselin photography

SENEGAL GARBAGE SLUM

A girl stands on a dirt road in the Medina Gounass neighborhood of Guediawaye, Senegal on Friday May 1, 2009. The entire area literally stands on packed garbage that was used as filler to raise the area that is prone to flooding during the annual rainy season. (Olivier Asselin for the New York Times).

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A girl stands on a dirt road in the Medina Gounass neighborhood of Guediawaye, Senegal on Friday May 1, 2009. The entire area literally stands on packed garbage that was used as filler to raise the area that is prone to flooding during the annual rainy season. (Olivier Asselin for the New York Times).